İbrahim Edhem Efendi

Born 1855/56 (AH 1272) · Kütahya · Dated entries 1867 to 1899 (AH 1284 to 1316)

Languages Turkish

Archival reference BOA.DH.SAİD., No:90, s.409

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The life

İbrahim Edhem Efendi was born in Kütahya in 1855/56 (AH 1272). The father’s occupation was Gelibolu eski Evkaf muhasebecisi. Schooling included Sıbyan mektebi; Ali Bey Medresesi. The language repertoire included Turkish.^[1]

Service began in Kütahya in 1867/68 (AH 1284). Dated career entries span 1867/68 (AH 1284) to 1898/99 (AH 1316) across 33 AH years, beginning with Tahrir-i Vergi Kalemi mülazımı. More than one post or place appears in 5 of those years. Place names include Kütahya, Eğrigöz, Armudili and Altıntaş.^[1]

Monthly pay went from 200 kuruş in 1868/69 (AH 1285) to 250 kuruş in 1898/99 (AH 1316); the highest recorded monthly rate is 250 kuruş in 1881/82 (AH 1299).^[1]

Personal record

Birth: Kütahya · 1855/56 (AH 1272)^[source]
Father’s occupation: Gelibolu eski Evkaf muhasebecisi^[source]
Education: Sıbyan mektebi; Ali Bey Medresesi^[source]
First work: 1867/68 (AH 1284) · Kütahya^[source]
Age at first work: 12^[source]Calculated year-label differences and source-stated ages are distinguished; alternatives remain visible.
Apprenticeship: 1^[source]Duration as recorded; the interval is not dated here.

Career in numbers

33
Dated AH years: 4
Career place names: 21
Salary years: 200 → 250
Annual series: first → last kuruş/month: 250
Peak in annual series, kuruş/month: 20.3%
Peers paid less in last year

About these numbers

Dated AH years. Across career and documentary records; not tenure.
Career place names. Distinct place labels; some may not be mapped.
Salary years. One highest recorded monthly rate per official-year; gaps are blank.
Annual series: first → last kuruş/month. 1868/69 (AH 1285) to 1898/99 (AH 1316); nominal rates in observed years.
Peak in annual series, kuruş/month. 1881/82 (AH 1299)
Peers paid less in last year. Share of other officials in the annual salary reference with lower pay in 1898/99 (AH 1316).

Life and career

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Stage 1 of 11 · Kütahya

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1
1855/56 (AH 1272)
Kütahya
1. Birth
  Personal record & evidence →
2
1867/68 (AH 1284)
Kütahya
Within-year entry order unresolved
1. First work as recorded
  Calculated age 12
  Personal record & evidence →
2. Tahrir-i Vergi Kalemi mülazımı
  Calculated age 12
  Entry & evidence →[1]
3
1868/69 (AH 1285)
Kütahya / Eğrigöz
Within-year entry order unresolved
Not yet located on the map: Eğrigöz
1. Kütahya
  Tahrir-i Vergi Kalemi mülazımı
  Calculated age 13
  Continuing service as described
  Entry & evidence →[1]
2. Eğrigöz
  Vergi kâtibi
  200 kuruşCalculated age 13
  Entry & evidence →[1]
4
1869/70 (AH 1286) · 3 recorded years
Eğrigöz
AH entries: 1286, 1287, 1288. Gaps remain open.
Not yet located on the map: Eğrigöz
1. Vergi kâtibi
  200 kuruşCalculated age 14
  Continuing service as described
  Entry & evidence →[1]
2. Vergi kâtibi
  200 kuruşCalculated age 16
  Continuing service as described
  Entry & evidence →[1]
All 3 recorded entries in this stage →
5
1872/73 (AH 1289)
Eğrigöz / Kütahya
Within-year entry order unresolved
Not yet located on the map: Eğrigöz
1. Eğrigöz
  Vergi kâtibi
  200 kuruşCalculated age 17
  Continuing service as described
  Entry & evidence →[1]
2. Kütahya
  Vergi Kalemi Tahsilat-ı Yevmiye kâtibi
  230 kuruşCalculated age 17
  Entry & evidence →[1]
6
1873/74 (AH 1290) · 9 recorded years
Kütahya
AH entries: 1290, 1291, 1292, 1293, 1294, 1295, 1296, 1297, 1298. Gaps remain open.
1. Vergi Kalemi Tahsilat-ı Yevmiye kâtibi
  230 kuruşCalculated age 18
  Continuing service as described
  Entry & evidence →[1]
2. Vergi Kalemi Tahsilat-ı Yevmiye kâtibi
  230 kuruşCalculated age 26
  Continuing service as described
  Entry & evidence →[1]
All 9 recorded entries in this stage →
7
1881/82 (AH 1299)
Kütahya / Armudili
Within-year entry order unresolved
Not yet located on the map: Armudili
1. Kütahya
  Vergi Kalemi Tahsilat-ı Yevmiye kâtibi
  230 kuruşCalculated age 27
  Continuing service as described
  Entry & evidence →[1]
2. Armudili
  Vergi kâtibi
  250 kuruşCalculated age 27
  Entry & evidence →[1]
All 4 recorded entries in this stage →
8
1882/83 (AH 1300) · 4 recorded years
Armudili
AH entries: 1300, 1301, 1302, 1303. Gaps remain open.
Not yet located on the map: Armudili
1. Vergi kâtibi
  250 kuruşCalculated age 28
  Continuing service as described
  Entry & evidence →[1]
2. Vergi kâtibi
  250 kuruşCalculated age 31
  Continuing service as described
  Entry & evidence →[1]
All 4 recorded entries in this stage →
9
1886/87 (AH 1304)
Armudili / Kütahya
Within-year entry order unresolved
Not yet located on the map: Armudili
1. Armudili
  Vergi kâtibi
  250 kuruşCalculated age 32
  Continuing service as described
  Entry & evidence →[1]
2. Kütahya
  Vergi Kalemi mülazımı
  Calculated age 32
  Entry & evidence →[1]
All 3 recorded entries in this stage →
10
1887/88 (AH 1305) · 11 recorded years
Kütahya
AH entries: 1305, 1306, 1307, 1308, 1309, 1310, 1311, 1312, 1313, 1314, 1315. Gaps remain open.
1. Vergi Kalemi mülazımı
  Calculated age 33
  Continuing service as described
  Entry & evidence →[1]
2. Vergi Kalemi mülazımı
  Calculated age 43
  Continuing service as described
  Entry & evidence →[1]
All 11 recorded entries in this stage →
11
1898/99 (AH 1316)
Kütahya / Altıntaş
Within-year entry order unresolved
Not yet located on the map: Altıntaş
1. Kütahya
  Vergi Kalemi mülazımı
  Calculated age 44
  Continuing service as described
  Entry & evidence →[1]
2. Altıntaş
  Vergi kâtibi
  250 kuruşCalculated age 44
  Entry & evidence →[1]

Gregorian spans accompany recorded AH years; exact dates retain their cited wording. Stated ages are labelled; other ages are calculated only within the same recorded calendar. Missing amounts remain unrecorded; zero remains zero.

Pay over time

Pay in its time

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Relative pay percentileShare of other annual-entry officials paid less

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Amounts are nominal monthly kuruş in years with a recorded salary. Gaps are left blank; values are not adjusted for prices. Explicitly unpaid zero entries remain in the chronology and are omitted from logarithmic salary plots.

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Monthly nominal kuruş. “Paid less” is the share of other officials in the same-year annual-entry sample with lower recorded pay; N is official-year observations.
AH year	Official rate	Sample median	Sample p10 to p90	Paid less	N
1868/69 (AH 1285)	200	475	150 to 3,000	13.7%	505
1869/70 (AH 1286)	200	400	150 to 2,250	16.4%	609
1870/71 (AH 1287)	200	400	150 to 2,000	15.3%	649
1871/72 (AH 1288)	200	420.5	125 to 2,375	16.2%	712
1872/73 (AH 1289)	230	450	140 to 2,350	20.9%	736
1873/74 (AH 1290)	230	405	130 to 2,200	22.0%	805
1874/75 (AH 1291)	230	450	150 to 1,800	20.2%	882
1875/76 (AH 1292)	230	450	150 to 2,000	19.2%	976
1876/77 (AH 1293)	230	420	150 to 2,000	20.4%	1102
1877/78 (AH 1294)	230	450	150 to 1,800	20.4%	1160
1878 (AH 1295)	230	450	150 to 2,000	20.1%	1196
1878/79 (AH 1296)	230	400	150 to 2,000	18.7%	1328
1879/80 (AH 1297)	230	400	180 to 1,800	16.2%	1534
1880/81 (AH 1298)	230	400	160 to 1,500	17.8%	1448
1881/82 (AH 1299)	250	400	150 to 1,500	20.0%	1489
1882/83 (AH 1300)	250	400	150 to 1,400	19.4%	1655
1883/84 (AH 1301)	250	400	150 to 1,400	19.6%	1720
1884/85 (AH 1302)	250	400	150 to 1,500	19.9%	1748
1885/86 (AH 1303)	250	400	150 to 1,500	19.6%	1787
1886/87 (AH 1304)	250	400	150 to 1,500	20.1%	1725
1898/99 (AH 1316)	250	400	144 to 1,400	20.3%	1844

Career patterns and pay

Recorded pay over the career

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Where the career is recorded

Distinct AH years with career entries

Kütahya26
1867 to 1899 (AH 1284 to 1316)
Armudili6
1881 to 1887 (AH 1299 to 1304)
Eğrigöz5
1868 to 1873 (AH 1285 to 1289)
Altıntaş1
1898/99 (AH 1316)

Gaps do not count as service. One year can have entries in several places.

Amounts recorded by place

Kuruş · smallest to largest dated rate

Kütahya230
Armudili250
Eğrigöz200
Altıntaş250

Ranges retain different rates and source assertions. Retirement amounts are separate from post pay.

Titles across the recorded years

Distinct AH years with each recorded title

Vergi Kalemi mülazımı14
1881 to 1899 (AH 1299 to 1316)
Vergi kâtibi12
1868 to 1899 (AH 1285 to 1316)
Vergi Kalemi Tahsilat-ı Yevmiye kâtibi11
1872 to 1882 (AH 1289 to 1299)
Tahrir-i Vergi Kalemi mülazımı2
1867 to 1869 (AH 1284 to 1285)

The most recorded title wordings. A year may include more than one title; these counts do not establish promotions or continuous tenure.

Related officials in the salary reference

Kütahya149 other officialsAhmet Nuri Efendi born 1855/56 (AH 1272); highest salary 300 kuruş
Kütahya88 other officialsOsman Nuri Efendi 23 shared years; highest salary 520 kuruş
1867/68 (AH 1284)85 other officialsMehmed Said Efendi first annual entry 1867/68 (AH 1284); highest salary 450 kuruş

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Education and personal record

Schooling Sıbyan mektebi; Ali Bey Medresesi^[source]

Language skills and historical terms

Kitâbet means writing; tekellüm means speaking; âşinâ means familiarity.

Turkish · Kitâbetokur yazar^[1]

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Sources and evidence

Sicill-i Ahval Defterleri'nde Osmanlı Dönemi Kütahyalı memurlar
MUSTAFA KOCAKAYA · 2018 · Pages 112, 113
BOA.DH.SAİD., No:90, s.409; 123 BOA.DH.SAİD., No:90, s.409.

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